friend2001 said:

Lianachan said:

She's not going to either, by the look of her starting price (that nobody has bid, yet).

When i last saw it a week ago, the starting bid was $3000 and it had one bid with no reserve. So she has obviously gotten a little greedier. Shame she lost the original last page with his signature on it. left it in the copier! lol. but i'm convinced it is genuine. but not worth 20k. maybe 4k. LOTS of fake prince autographs on ebay now. OBVIOUS fakes.

With no way to authenticate, I would never pay for this.

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Richie319 now is on ebay too and sells some ´quenstionable´ stuff. He has a page where he sells several cd(-roms ) incl. those TheDigitalGardener mentioned above. I wouldn´t buy from him. On one of his ebay cds even is a typo, but I don´t know the "original", so maybe that was on purpose o,ô

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Can someone explain to me what this is? At first I thought it was a cool poster, but idk.

www.ebay.com/itm/Prince-Collection-Discography-44-Albums-1977-2015-/262430703146

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bigtimefan said:

Can someone explain to me what this is? At first I thought it was a cool poster, but idk.

www.ebay.com/itm/Prince-Collection-Discography-44-Albums-1977-2015-/262430703146

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To me it reads like someone selling a memory stick with Prince albums on it. I'd report the prick if ebay gave a shit, which they don't.

A few years ago I bought in a record store that was closing down a copy of The Gold Experience for one euro. I still have it, unopened. I'm considering selling it now, seeing the prices on Amazon!

Prince's independent releases may never see the light of day again - all that 1800 New Funk and NPG stuff that was released on CD. All the NPG band albums, Emancipation, Musicology, LotusFlow3r. And what about the classic protege releases - Vanity/Apollonia 6, Madhouse, The Family, even early Sheila E stuff?

You cant find it in stores so the market is driving the price gouge on eBay. I just bought a mint condition Musicology in FYE for $4. Found Diamond and Pearls with te holographic cover for $1 in a Goodwill store last month. I have bought every Prince album within days of its releases but I keep back up copies because I am a real old school, hard core, devoted Prince fan since 1978

Superfan1984 said:

Glad I recently bought extra copies of UTCM and Graffitti Bridge (for less than 5 dollars a piece) a few months ago--- I see now they're 50 and 100 dollars!

bigtimefan said:

just saw this on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/PRINCE-1...1800871689

Man, if I was that girl/woman I'd never get over not going on that date....

Wow thats amazing

paisleypark4 said:

bigtimefan said:

just saw this on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/PRINCE-1...1800871689

Man, if I was that girl/woman I'd never get over not going on that date....

Wow thats amazing

It didn't sell--not for $20,000.

bigtimefan said:

just saw this on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/PRINCE-1...1800871689

Man, if I was that girl/woman I'd never get over not going on that date....

"There was a girl in Paris (SUBSTITUTE WITH "Minneapolis")
Whom he sent a letter to
Hoping she would answer back

She never answered back and now

He's got a condition of the heart"

I wonder if Maryannn was his inspiration for these lyrics?

What a wonderful letter he wrote. I can't believe she didn't even reply to it...

i had almost 180 prince records,gave them away 5years ago,had no room for them. R.I.P Prince

Yesterday I saw a Small Club bootleg CD going for £6,000 Buy it now or minimum bid £4,000. No bids.

Rebeljuice said:

Yesterday I saw a Small Club bootleg CD going for £6,000 Buy it now or minimum bid £4,000. No bids.

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If it doesn't have any bids or didn't sell for that much, then it's not "going for" that much. I could put a Purple Rain CD on ebay for $1 million and doesn't mean it's going for that amount of money.

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Look at completed listings and that's the only way you see what the true market value of anything is, and even then, there are exceptions with fake bids and people with no intention to pay, etc.

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But it costs little to nothing to list something on ebay, so these people are either clueless or just hoping that some millionaire who is clueless decides to buy their item for many times the current market value.

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Not eBay, but in a second hand store in my city, where they always used to have Prince releases, they only have this in the window...

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Thats AUD150

edit: We all know this isn't an official release, but still, interesting

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OnlyNDaUsa said:

also watch out for fake items. not so much cds but shirts and stuff. So when buying just keep in mind that the estate might not get any of the money.

Again, the money-making status of Prince's estate is not what determines whether an item is genuine or fake. This is not a matter of opinion, it's a matter of fact - the difference between a truth and a lie.

TheDigitalGardener said:

To people who are tempted with so called "Factory pressed" silver discs of NPGMC stuff. FFS don't be fooled. Stuff like The Chocolate Invasion, Slaughterhouse, C-Note and Xpectation have never been released on cd. So any cd claiming to be a "new press" or a "factory silver," is just some asshole in their basement churning them out like baby rabbits.

If you are unsure if something is legit, check http://www.princevault.co...=Main_Page or come to this site and ask a question, someone here will know. Same with rare stuff that was released on cd, check first, don't be tempted by a cheap price.

Excellent info. Discogs has good details on some items as well

https://www.discogs.com/a...795-Prince

FUNKYNESS said:

GirlBrother said:

bigtimefan said:

just saw this on ebay: www.ebay.com/itm/PRINCE-1...1800871689

Man, if I was that girl/woman I'd never get over not going on that date....

WoW just saw the link, still on eBay for starting bid $7700?! who could part with that. But could be legit but then again without 100% proof that is a lot of money to ask for. But still if real and it was me I would never sell it. Ohe yes she must regret not going on that date haha

I wouldn't pay 7 cents for that.

So glad that I didn't get rid of anything, since 1979 when I was a kid.

This dreamer nonsense is here too, our site Trade me has heaps of overpriced crap $15 for a 7 inch single plus $10 more to post it. This listing below takes the cake, should be around for a while, as he has not sold it yet and keeps re listing the shit.

http://www.trademe.co.nz/music-instruments/vinyl/lps-33-rpm/pop/auction-1091086039.htm

For those who can't see it - its a copy of 1999 on vinyl that had only the 7 trax, this nucca wants $200 or $149 bid for it. A New Zealand dollar is only 68 cents US, but this still translate to over $100 and $130 in green for a record worth maybe $20. The cover is scuffed and the record is scratched.

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I called this guy a thief and got banned from using questions and answers. Trade me is like feebay, they don't care, its all about making cash out of listing fees and success fees.